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meme

2 definitions • 2 examples
1
a cultural feature or a type of behaviour that is passed from one generation to another, without the influence of genes:

Examples:

A meme is the cultural equivalent of the unit of physical heredity, the gene.
2
an idea, image, video, etc. that is spread very quickly on the internet:

Examples:

Take a look at the top ten internet memes for this past year.

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